Dear chessfans!

last Sunday our Hive-[Blockchain chess team](https://lichess.org/team/the-blockchain-chess-team) went through its third battle of the "Lichess Liga Team Battle" (more about this event [here](https://peakd.com/hive-157286/@stayoutoftherz/introducing-the-lichess-liga-team-battle-starting-tomorrow-sunday-18h-gmt)). After 2 wins in a row, it was this time a bumpy ride to the third place which secured our promotion to the next level!

We played in Liga 10B, with 59 players present from 9 teams, and this time we never saw the first place, but were most of the time between 4<sup>th</sup> and 5<sup>th</sup>. I was thanks to the great weather all day out on a field trip and came almost too late to join - and played quite terrible, with 1 win and 5 losses after 6 games. Only in the second half I had more luck and blundered less, and in the last minutes we finished only with 3 points lead at rank 3  - enough to make it to liga 9 tomorrow. Since we were only third, we will go to liga 9A. I don´t know but it feels like it will be even more tough. So I hope tomorrow some strong players join our team!!

Here are the final standings:
![image.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/stayoutoftherz/23swiJg6auqPwdAz5Ters8KZBfauaLhUG16JfrDRgWkRUy2VbE9jCdQypNL2CJtNAvVAu.png)
https://lichess.org/tournament/r7taTLr4

Thanks a lot to ALL participants: @emic, @rosmarly, @lighteye, @hannes-stoffel, @agreste, @rodrook, @stranger27, @dhilan04 (tortyllan) and @sammy00 (migmag). To the 7 top-ranked ones I sent already as promised 1 Hive each!


![image.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/stayoutoftherz/23t7FnXWL6B6tgg8m77WRVMyKWBLMrJ8LG9NfZF42ErcikM4Be5VyauyQWnnB2fn8Lma4.png)


The next event starts **tomorrow Thursday, 25<sup>th</sup> May, 18h GMT**.

We will be in liga **9A** (ranked up from last time). The more from our team participate, the higher our chances will be to get a good result and improve in the rankings. E.g. if we end up in the top 3, we will be in liga 8 next time! If we make it to rank 8 only, we will be back to liga 10.

**How far can we get?**

#### The rules:
- Everybody in our Lichess team can join using the link to the tournament (pick *our* team if asked 😃, in case you are part of multiple teams)
- A win collects 2 points for our team, a draw 1
- Only the results of the 7 best contributors of each team are counted in this liga (but all skill levels are important, because each win means potentially less points for the other teams!)
- Every Thursday and Sunday are tournaments
- The links to the upcoming tournaments are - dependent on our result - already provided in the description of the tournament itself and also on our [team page](https://lichess.org/team/the-blockchain-chess-team).



**Mode**: **3+0** (3 minutes per game, no increment per move), 100 min. rated arena, win streaks & berserk allowed

#### Tournament Link: https://lichess.org/tournament/Xp3y6I3V

![image.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/stayoutoftherz/23tvVqhf5xn2Tygg14jHsKiSE5SbqU51otmW3oP9xxQ5GCkaJoy1dVPts2VU9VDxQEWFT.png)

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(just let me know if you don´t want to get the mentions)

**As a small incentive, to every player who will be contributing points to the end result (i.e. the top 7 of our team) I will send 1 Hive and 2 Hive to the top ranked player!**
Also, 25% of the rewards of this post go the [prizepool](https://peakd.com/@badge-646464/wallet) of S16!

![image.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/stayoutoftherz/23t7FnXWL6B6tgg8m77WRVMyKWBLMrJ8LG9NfZF42ErcikM4Be5VyauyQWnnB2fn8Lma4.png)